This is the dilemma we are in. The two main browser engines are derived from Google and Mozilla, both of which are untrustworthy and add crap in that needs to be taken out. Open source is nice that you can fork it, but unless main development moves away from the original bad actor, it's a never-ending battle reliant on the efforts of a handful of people.
I agree, but the point of Ungoogled Chronium is that all that crap is never in there to begin with. Chrome is based on Chronium, with the added Google cancer, and Ungoogled Chronium is also based on Chronium, but no Google cancer is in there. And its completly open-source so I trust everything is taken out.
The core is fine, its the added layers that cause troubles.
I agree, but the point of Ungoogled Chronium is that all that crap is never in there to begin with.
Some of it is. That's why it has to be "Ungoogled". Look at their at all the stuff they take out, even starting just with Chromium:
"Without signing in to a Google Account, Chromium does pretty well in terms of security and privacy. However, Chromium still has some dependency on Google web services and binaries. In addition, Google designed Chromium to be easy and intuitive for users, which means they compromise on transparency and control of internal operations.
ungoogled-chromium addresses these issues in the following ways:
Remove all remaining background requests to any web services while building and running the browser
Remove all code specific to Google web services
Remove all uses of pre-made binaries from the source code, and replace them with user-provided alternatives when possible.
Disable features that inhibit control and transparency, and add or modify features that promote them (these changes will almost always require manual activation or enabling).
These features are implemented as configuration flags, patches, and custom scripts. For more details, consult the Design Documentation."
is that all that crap is never in there to begin with
THE FUCKING CHROMIUM CORE IS DESIGNED TO FINGERPRINT USERS FOR ADVERTISERS.
THE FUCKING CORE.
IT IS BUILT, FROM THE GROUND UP, TO FINGERPRINT USERS FOR ADVERTISERS. THE FUCKING CORE. THE ENGINE. FROM THE GROUND UP. TO FINGERPRINT USERS. GET. IT. THROUGH. YOUR. FUCKING. HEAD.
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